Thursday, 5 September 2013

NICK NAMES



Whether we like it or not we are at one time or the other tagged with one or even more nick names, some in mockery some in praise. So am like are they good or bad. There’s that teacher, that uncle, that guy, that lady we’ve tagged with one nick name, you’d know if they are happy about it or not from their reactions. Sometimes we actually tend to forget the real name of the person in question. I know a guy whom from the first day I knew him down to this moment I still do not know his actual name. On Facebook, twitter and Instagram he uses his nickname. …#weirdo?#
So the bone of contention is this; are nick names bad? Are they good? Or are they just one of those things that are not really on any side. Now like I said earlier some are in mockery and some in praise. Nick names carry the same strength as names. Children learn from a young age that nick names can hurt. Someone is called a name and their fore head wrinkles and their faces are contorted, shows that they are not happy. This imprints on the mind of that child that you can control someone with nicknames. Sometimes the names are actually pioneered by the bearers themselves, maybe of a celebrity or someone they admire a lot, and some just “funkify” their actual given name
Generally I’d say a nick name is no different from a name. Call a person something nice that’s all that counts.

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